[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 107 (Monday, June 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 47602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12072]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038012; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Nebraska State 
Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Nebraska State Museum 
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition 
of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation 
with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after July 3, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Taylor Ronquillo NAGPRA Project Manager, University of 
Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska of Nebraska-Lincoln, 645 
N 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, telephone (402) 472-6592, email 
[email protected] and Susan Weller NAGPRA Coordinator, University of 
Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska of Nebraska-Lincoln, 645 
N 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, telephone (402) 472-0577, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
University of Nebraska State Museum, and additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park 
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of four cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
    One of unassociated funerary objects is one lot of beads. This item 
was donated by J.W. Markin in 1937 to UNSM. The museum was not provided 
with any additional information.
    One unassociated funerary object is one lot of beads. This item was 
donated by C.B. Shultz and the LeMar Field Party in 1928. The exact 
excavation site is described as: ``One mile south, 3 miles west of 
Republican City.'' Field notes state ``dug some Indian material from 
old sacrificial burial grounds.''
    One unassociated funerary object is one necklace. This item was 
donated by Thomas and Delta Cain in 1991. The museum was not provided 
with any other information. This item is eight pieces of shell formed 
into disc-shaped beads.
    One unassociated funerary object is one lot of beads. This item was 
donated to UNSM by J.W. Markin in 1937. No other information was given 
to the museum.

Determinations

    The University of Nebraska State Museum has determined that:
     The four unassociated funerary objects described in this 
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with 
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death 
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American 
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a 
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The 
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance 
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or 
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an 
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe 
or Native Hawaiian organization.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural 
items described in this notice and the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified 
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be 
submitted by any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor 
may occur on or after July 3, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the University of Nebraska State Museum must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of cultural items are considered a 
single request and not competing requests. The University of Nebraska 
State Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this 
notice and to any other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

    Dated: May 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-12072 Filed 5-31-24; 8:45 am]
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